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San José State University Spartan Sports Collection
MSS.2010.08.08
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
SJSU Special Collections & Archives
Title: San José State University Spartan Sports Collection
creator:
San Jose State College
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.2010.08.08
Physical Description:
4 boxes
(5.84 linear feet)
Date (inclusive): 1907-2006
Abstract: The Spartan Sports collection contains material related to San José State University athletics as well as official handbooks,
manuals, and athletic rules for various other college sports, including many National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
publications.
Collection is open for research.
Copyright is assigned to the San José State University Special Collections & Archives. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Special Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Special Collections & Archives. Copyright restrictions may apply to digital reproductions of the
original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
The San José State University Spartan Sports Collection, MSS-2010-08-08
Collection processed, and finding aide encoded, by Lisa Zakharova in 2010. Reviewed by Danelle Moon. Collection rehoused and
rearranged into three series by Alexandra Lynch, Spring 2017. Series IV. added by Dana V. Lema in 2018. Accruals to Series
II added by Kate Steffens, June 2018.
In 1857 the San Francisco Board of Education established Minns' Evening Normal School for current and prospective teachers
in the city. Named after its principal, George W. Minns, the institution was formally established as the first California
State Normal School by the State Legislature in 1862. A decade later, the Legislature voted to move the Normal School to San
José, and the school relocated to its new home on Washington Square prior to the fall term of 1872. After a fire destroyed
the Normal School building in 1880, the Legislature authorized $200,000 to construct a new building on the same site. Completed
in 1881, the building was commonly referred to as the Second State Normal School. After several names and curriculum changes,
Minns' Normal School is now San José State University, offering more than 134 bachelor's and master's degrees with 110 concentrations,
and is recognized as one of the top public universities granting such degrees in the West.
Scope and Content of Collection
The San José State University Spartan Sports collection consists of sports programs from the different sports departments
at San José State University. The sport team programs featured in the collection include the following: Baseball, Basketball,
Football, Golf, Judo, Rugby, Swimming, Tennis, and Track and Field. The collection also contains official handbooks, manuals
and athletic rules for those sports. The majority of the collection consists of athletic rule books from 1908-1979. In addition,
the collection contains publications produced by the Athletics Department, such as Spartan Sports Quarterly.
The E.B. DeGroot Official Athletic Almanacs contain rules, photographs, and official time records. Most books in the collection
feature photographs of sports and sports teams. The collection also contains many National Collegiate Athletic Association
publications.
This collection is arranged into four series: Series I: Annual Sports Programs, 1948-2004; Series II: Printed Matter 1959-1989;
Series III: National Rulebooks and Almanacs, 1907-1966 and Series IV: Ephemera, 1986-2006.
The San José State University Football Programs Collection, MSS-2009-08-04
The Pete Zidnak Collection of San Jose State University Sports History MSS-2009-11-04
Subjects and Indexing Terms
College sports -- Rules
College sports -- Records
College sports -- California -- San José.
San Jose State College -- Sports
San José State University -- Sports
San Jose State College